Julia Mikhalina

She’s getting married. To someone else. His sister. Step? Foster? Does it even matter? Solomiya isn’t Oleksii’s by blood, yet she grew up under the same roof, raised by his parents. She always saw him as a brother. He has always felt something far more dangerous. Now Solomiya chooses the man who taught her to trust the height… and herself. But when the pull between past and present refuses to let go, will love be strong enough to keep her from falling? Or will gravity prove stronger than the dream of flight? Book Two of the dilogy — Vector of Her Gravity The story of Oleksii and Solomiya’s parents — The Fifth of His Sins and The Temple of His Obsession The story of Oleksii’s uncle — Radiance in His Darkness and Darkness in Her Light

She was his first — and only — love. He was just her game. Worlds apart in status and ambition, but bound by an undeniable pull. They were married for three months. Then she returned the ring… and left him with a scorched heart and nothing but doubt. “I want you.” Kostya choked on his coffee, coughed, and froze, staring at the confident woman across from him. Beautiful, but dangerous. A cobra in heels, poisoning his mind and striking without mercy every time she came within a hundred meters. “As a detective,” she clarified. “I know you can uncover the truth, even in hopeless cases. Especially since all of this”— she gestured around his sleek office —“doesn’t just land in someone’s lap. Unless your father’s a politician.”

A woman from the Carpathian highlands, living in the present because her past has been erased. A man from the big city, trapped in the past because it holds his only hope for a happy future. What could they possibly have in common? She’s searching the depths of her fractured memory, trying to find the truth of who she really is. He’s searching for Her — the woman he once loved with wild, relentless passion. The woman he long believed to be his greatest sin… Until he realized she had been a gift from the heavens — And lost her all over again. To get her back, he’s ready to walk through hell. But instead of hell, what awaits him is a temple. The temple of his obsession.

Murder, the criminal underworld, and a brothel — not the kind of future young girls dream of. But for Margaryta, it became a brutal reality. Then came Kyrylo — a man who pulled her out of that nightmare. For a moment, it felt like things were finally falling into place. She almost stopped noticing that the brothel had simply been replaced with a golden cage, and her dreams of freedom remained just that — dreams... Until Oleg returned like a ghost from the past. The man she thought long dead. The man who still loves her — and is willing to risk everything to set her free.

Sviatoslav is a renowned producer. His life is meticulously planned, goals lined up, every minute accounted for. Serious and pragmatic, he’s convinced that nothing can shake his orderly world. But fate has a wicked sense of humor. One day, a rebellious girl named Oleksandra bursts into his life — riding a pink penny board and sporting chunky white sneakers. She’s not easy to get rid of, and she definitely doesn’t fit into any of his schedules. What could they possibly have in common? Yet it seems this girl might just become Sviatoslav’s new muse...

She traded love for a dream. Left her fiancé and burned every bridge in pursuit of fame. She became a superstar — a Muse and the driving force behind a renowned producer’s success. She got everything she ever craved… except one thing. A cruel twist of fate turned her world upside down. The past she thought was buried came knocking, and Mariya made a choice — to return to her hometown and beg forgiveness from the man she once left behind. But she never expected to find, in place of a successful family man, a reclusive loner hidden deep in the Carpathian Mountains. It seemed there was nothing left between them. The point of no return had been crossed... Or could love still find a way back?

For the sake of love, Oleksandr crossed the line of friendship — and was ready to give up his dream of becoming a hockey star. One mistake cost him the girl he loved, but brought him everything he’d ever worked for. Hockey gave him it all: a comfortable life, recognition, fame. It became his everything — and life itself turned into a game. He thought he’d learned to live without Alevtyna. But returning to his hometown after seven years awakens the feelings he thought were long buried. Everything begins to repeat: the love, the rivalry with his former friend... And once again, he must choose — between his heart and the game. Or keep skating on thin ice.

“What are you doing in my apartment?” he asked calmly. I froze. Dark sheets, gray wallpaper, a glass coffee table… This was definitely not my room. And across from me — a guy far too real and outrageously handsome. “Holy…!” I fell onto the pillow and buried myself under the covers. But only for a moment. I peeked out again, still refusing to believe this wasn’t a hallucination. My “dream” pushed off the doorframe and almost ceremoniously declared: “This isn’t me at your place — it’s you in my bed. Welcome to reality, baby.” The morning after the party became the start of a deal that would change everything. But does love ever play by the rules?

The days leading up to the New Year are a magical time when even a simple job search can turn into a true adventure. And if she has to step into the role of a fairy and fulfill a little child’s dream, there’s every chance she might find her own love...